East fresian ewe pregnant?

I'm getting so frustrated! Does it look like there is any start of a bag there? I feel like I'm getting line eyes like when I used to take pregnancy tests and imagine positive lines that didn't exist 😂. Like am I imagining the start of a bag?! It is so crazy to me that I don't have more lambs yet! Is it normal that only one of the 3 that was with the ram has had a lamb? The first possible lamb date was already 7 weeks ago!
 

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Okay, you said that the ram was in there for 4 months... you are barely at 2 months from the earliest possible date. Animals do not have babies when we want them.
So what were the dates the ram went i with them AND what was the date when he came out ????? That's the more important one at this point. And by my math, they could lamb anywhere up until the middle of July,,, if the earliest possible date was Somewhere around Mar 25-30... then add 4 months to that for the latest possible date.....and you are looking at mid-late July.
And yes, it is not uncommon for one or more to not settle... We have cattle that do not always settle to the bull when we want them to.,... and have 2 right now that must've gotten bred the day he got taken out.... because they don't look anywhere near close to calving, and they were confirmed pregnant... shorter bred than the rest... but pregnant.

They could've been bred and aborted the fetus ... maybe in the miserable cold and icy snow??? Who knows what the reason could be.

We had a cow confirmed bred twice... to be sure... finally found a dead calf a few weeks later... had to have been hers since everyone else had a calf... RECHECKED her and she was open... IT HAPPENS.
 
farmerjan said:
Okay, you said that the ram was in there for 4 months... you are barely at 2 months from the earliest possible date. Animals do not have babies when we want them.
So what were the dates the ram went i with them AND what was the date when he came out ????? That's the more important one at this point. And by my math, they could lamb anywhere up until the middle of July,,, if the earliest possible date was Somewhere around Mar 25-30... then add 4 months to that for the latest possible date.....and you are looking at mid-late July.
And yes, it is not uncommon for one or more to not settle... We have cattle that do not always settle to the bull when we want them to.,... and have 2 right now that must've gotten bred the day he got taken out.... because they don't look anywhere near close to calving, and they were confirmed pregnant... shorter bred than the rest... but pregnant.

They could've been bred and aborted the fetus ... maybe in the miserable cold and icy snow??? Who knows what the reason could be.

We had a cow confirmed bred twice... to be sure... finally found a dead calf a few weeks later... had to have been hers since everyone else had a calf... RECHECKED her and she was open... IT HAPPENS.
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I didn't realize it was normal for them to not get pregnant within 2 cycles. When I googled it google said it was very high likelihood for pregnancy after 2 cycles. Makes me feel better that it is normal. I have only had last year to go by and the 2 ewes had their lambs one week apart and in their first cycle. I guess I just figured that was how it would always be 😂. I have last day for lambs possible marked in my phone. I think it's late July so we still have a while to go.
 
Weather last year was up and down, and some times they just don't breed... we have cattle that sometimes don't settle and no apparent reason why. I am concerned this year, bulls will go in with the cows here in another 2 weeks and the extreme heat might make for some infertility in the bulls...and we do Breeding Soundness Exams to determine if the bull is "good" before we go and put a bull that is shooting blanks in with cattle.....
Temps too hot, and the sperm do not form right and deformed sperm do not swim to where they can meet the egg, or they cannot penetrate if the heads are deformed. So then it takes anywhere from 2-8 weeks for healthy sperm to make their way through the reproductive tract to then for them to produce viable semen. They have to flush out their pipes as we say, and then should have good quality semen...

That is why we are having this lag of time... most of the calves are born, then have 5-6 that are not yet fresh... for whatever reason, they did not get settled with the rest of the cows, and obviously the bull did not get them settled... not good ... but they have been confirmed pregnant.
You are not even dealing with a confirmed pregnant case...
 
You can draw blood and send it to biotracking for a preg test. It's easy. I used to do that with my goats.

Oh I just looked them up. You can order preg tests for the farm. Even better.
 
GLENMAR said:
You can draw blood and send it to biotracking for a preg test. It's easy. I used to do that with my goats.

Oh I just looked them up. You can order preg tests for the farm. Even better.
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I feel like I had looked that up before but didn't see anything. I will have to check again. Thanks!
 
I do lab work for a living. So I love blood work. Only way to know for sure. 😂
 
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